Said to someone on the pitwall that the Gold GTR was doing about 145mph at the end of the straight but the YETI looked like it was hitting 150mph so not far out with my estimate. Looked and sounded INSANE, fantastic effort by everyone involved with the PROJECT and makes every Skoda OWNER fill with PRIDE.

Edited 14 November, 20187 yr by shyVRS245
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Quick question - how on earth did you trace the smell of fuel to that seal?

Also.. jaw dropping bhp!

6 minutes ago, bspman said:

Quick question - how on earth did you trace the smell of fuel to that seal?

Also.. jaw dropping bhp!

 

One would assume as the fuel pump had been changed that would be a good place to start, cause and effect.

1 hour ago, bspman said:

Quick question - how on earth did you trace the smell of fuel to that seal?

Also.. jaw dropping bhp!

 

The smell was heavy in the car, but not under the bonnet our outside.

As the tank is under where the rear seats would be it's easy to check.

What a car, the build is a real credit to you Richard and JDR.

It is a truly fantastic project with amazing attention to detail.

and it’s flipping fast! Almost mind bending speed down the back straight.

absolutely love it

On 14/11/2018 at 07:40, BossFox said:

And a little bracing for the polycarb screen as it deformed slightly as we hit 152mph at the end of the straight.

 

22 hours ago, Wet Kipper said:

Reminded me of a charity ride I was lucky enough to win 15 years ago in a Jaguar XJ220 at Bruntingthorpe runway. On the 3rd lap when the oil/brakes had warmed up the owner took it up to 305kph (LHD about 190mph). He said he couldn't drive it quickly when it rained which was very obvious by the fact the wind literally lifted the windscreen wipers off the screen above 180mph. Bit of a design issue then as Martin Brundle (former F1 driver) once drove one around the Nardo test facility in Italy at 217mph and described it as SCARY.

Brands Hatch a few weeks ago.

 

Pictures like this make me happy, despite all the work it shows just how "normal" the Yeti still looks.

 

At Snetterton yesterday we hit a slight issue.

Initial investigation looks like a fuel leak from an injector or somewhere in the top half of the engine day.

 

Coming onto the Bentley straight the engine lost power, which was the Syvecs ECU cutting power due to low fuel pressure apparently.

Then it cut out.

At which point I started to get smoke in through the air vents, so pulled onto the grass and got out.

 

The MSV Marshals were on the scene quickly and deployed a fair number of extinguishers into the engine bay.

Then the car was recovered back and washed off before being taken back to the workshop.

 

 

It looks a bit sorry for itself but it's not that bad.

Sure, the soft bits in the top of the engine bay have burnt/melted but all the stuff near the middle/bottom looks OK and mechanically it should be fine.

Probably need to repalce most of the top end stuff like injectors, wiring, cam covers, coolant bottle etc which started to melt in the heat.

 

Will update with full report when we know the full story.

 

Main thing is, that's a car in the picture above that still looks like a Yeti, not a burnt out shell.

It's not terminal and it can be fixed.

Sad to see it like that Richard. Might be a good time for fitting carbon fibre bonnet and front wings while your fixing it.

And my personal congratulations to MSV's marshalling teams again.

Glad your safe and it's not terminal, mate. Hopefully you'll be back in the game before too long  

15 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

Sad to see it like that Richard. Might be a good time for fitting carbon fibre bonnet and front wings while your fixing it.

 

It had a carbon bonnet already. 

 

14 hours ago, KenONeill said:

And my personal congratulations to MSV's marshalling teams again.

 

Yeah, someone got a video apparently and they were there in 36 seconds putting it out.

I thanked them and put some money in their Marshals fund as a thanks.

I’m waiting to see how much extra power the parts which are being ‘replaced give the Phoenix! 

5 minutes ago, john999boy said:

I’m waiting to see how much extra power the parts which are being ‘replaced give the Phoenix! 

If we could croudfund enough Briskoda stickers to fabricate a new bonnet I reckon we could add ~ 2769 Bhp. 

Wow. This thread was incredible (and an excellent way to pass the time on my lunch breaks this past week).

 

Any progress on fixing the fire damage?

Bump

 

On 17/11/2019 at 22:56, Lady Elanore said:

Bump?

 

No. It was a fire.... 🙄

I was hoping there might be a sarcastic (I see what you did there) 'thanks' button! 

 

 

Bump (again). Any progress?

Hoping you are all safe and well.

 

T

Progress report.  Been a long time since I've been able to log into Briskoda for some reason.

 

Nothing happened for some time as other things were more important, but we had some thinking to do.

 

Was it worth rebuilding?

If I decided to spend the money how to make it better?

 

Well a decision was reached earlier in 2020.

 

Audi released a newer, lighter 2.5 5cyl block in 2017.  Apparently this also has a head that flows better.
So I have managed to source a good, low milage used engine from 2017.  This should remove about 15-20kg from the front end.

In addition while it's a bit burnt we are going on a weight saving mission.  The loom as all pure Audi TT-RS so a lot of wiring for things we no longer have.  That's all being ripped out and a bespoke loom made, which will also save weight.

 

With the new engien we might be able to get a bit more than the 723bhp we have currently.  Aim is 800bhp but might be a stetch retaining response so will aim for 750+.

 

Also it's going flappy paddle and getting a full motorsport cage because the speed of the thing justifies that really.  If it ever has a shunt it's going to be a big one.

Ideally the savings on weight in the front end and loom will roughly cover the cage and box change, so it'll still be 1300kg, but handle better and be a tad quicker.

 

JDR are doign the work for me, but they are also getting my pair of 1998/99 Nissan Primera Super Tourers ready so progress on the Yeti will be slow due to being a lower priority.

I'll try to update as possible.

 

 

Will you be able to utilise some of the exotic internals from the old engine?

No the old engien is toast.
All we can do is sell the cams off as switching to the newer design so don;t need them.

 

Some of the foam got into the engine.  It's toast.  Starting fresh with a better base engine.

This all sounds very interesting Richard.

Sounds like it will be a lot of fun when its finished.

Any updates to report Richard ?